In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

• Zeke Productions
• Fred Berner Films
• Ed Harris
• Marcia Gay Harden
• Tom Bower
• Jennifer Connelly
• Bud Cort
• John Heard
• Val Kilmer
• David Leary